Table 2 Bivariate analysis for the associations between demographic and health characteristics of nursing homes residents and the stages of mild and moderate cognitive impairment (N = 182)
Statistic tests | Mean (SD) or n (%) Cognitive Impairment Mild (160) vs. Moderate (22) | df | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | t = −2.773 | 63.8 (9.79) | 68.8 (13.03) | 0.031 | |
Sex | |||||
Female | Χ2 = 0.024 | 13 (86.67) | 2 (13.33) | 1 | 0.877 |
Male | 147 (88.02) | 20 (11.98) | |||
Marital Status | |||||
Married | Χ2 = 36.7 | 22 (91.68) | 2 (8.32) | 1 | 0.545 |
Non-married | 138 (87.34) | 20 (12.66) | |||
Education | |||||
Illiterate Non illiterate | Fisher’s = 0.875 | 18 (81.82) 142 (88.75) | 4 (81.18) 18 (11.25) | 0.303 | |
Income (Jordanian dinars) | |||||
< 450JOD | Fisher’s = 0.04 | 151 (87.80) | 21 (12.20) | 0.835 | |
> 450JOD | 9 (90) | 1 (10) | |||
Type of nursing homes | |||||
Governmental | Χ2 = 0.505 | 71 (89.87) | 8 (10.13) | 0.47 | |
Private | 89 (86.40) | 14 (13.60) | |||
The number of comorbidities | t = − 4.045 | 1.75 (1.414) | 3.18 (2.22) | < 0.001 | |
Hospitalization | |||||
Hospitalized during last year | Χ2 = 8.329 | 40 (76.92) | 12 (23.08) | 2 | 0.016 |
Non-hospitalized during last year | 119 (92.25) | 10 (7.75) | |||
Disability | |||||
With disability Without disability | Χ2 = 0.303 | 4 (80) 156 (88) | 1 (20) 21 (12) | 1 | 0.582 |
Depression | t = − 4.809 | 5.69 (3.36) | 9.45 (3.95) | 180 | < 0.001 |
Frailty | t = − 4.038 | 7.46 (3.79) | 10.86 (2.95) | < 0.001 | |
Quality of life | |||||
Physical Functioning | t = 3.605 | 38.62 (8.51) | 31.61 (8.79) | 180 | < 0.001 |
Role Physical | t = 1.659 | 48.10 (7.89) | 45.01 (10.2) | 180 | 0.09 |
Bodily Pain | t = 2.645 | 53.35 (7.43) | 48.54 (11.3) | 180 | 0.009 |
General Health | t = 3.451 | 50.17 (8.64) | 43.11 (11.28) | 180 | < 0.001 |
Vitality | t = 2.656 | 47.59 (8.54) | 42.33 (9.82) | 180 | 0.009 |
Social Functioning | t = 3.291 | 48.78 (7.15) | 42.98 (11.3) | 180 | 0.001 |
Role Emotional | t = 2.062 | 46.04 (9.01) | 41.6 (12.28) | 180 | 0.041 |
Mental Health | t = 2.318 | 43.03 (6.98) | 39.33 (7.25) | 180 | 0.022 |
Physical Components Summary | t = 3.282 | 47.68 (7.46) | 42.07 (8.03) | 180 | 0.001 |
Mental Components Summary | t = 2.469 | 46.50 (6.52) | 42.57 (9.82) | 180 | 0.041 |